The Damen-Basketball-Bundesliga (DBBL) is the premier women's basketball championship in Germany. It was founded in 1947. DJK Agon 08 Düsseldorf and BTV 1846 Wuppertal are the most successful teams in the competition with twelve and eleven titles respectively, while TSV 1880 Wasserburg and

Saarlouis Royals TV 1872 Saarlouis is a German sports club from Saarlouis best known for its women's basketball team, also known as Saarlouis Royals. Royals won two Damen-Basketball-Bundesligen, national leagues and three BBL-Pokal Frauen, national cups between 2 ...

have dominated the competition in recent years. The leading teams from the DBBL enjoyed some success in

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competitions in the 1980s and the 1990s, with Wuppertal winning the 1996

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and Agon also reaching the competition's final in 1983 and 1986. The competition had been directly run by the German Basketball Federation (DBB) until 2001. On 21 June That year, the ''Damen-Basketball-Bundesligen GmbH'' was founded, an association which runs the first and second highest levels of women's club-level basketball in Germany.Short history of the DBBL
on the DBBL's website

2022-23 teams

* Rheinland Lions * TK Hannover Luchse * Eigner Angels Nördlingen * Rutronik Stars Keltern *

Alba Berlin Alba Berlin is a German professional basketball club that is based in Berlin, Germany. The club was founded in 1991, and is today the largest German national basketball club by membership figures. Alba Berlin hosts its home games at the Mercedes ...

* Inexio Royals Saarlouis *

GiroLive Panthers Osnabrück GiroLive Panthers Osnabrück is a German women's professional basketball team based in Osnabrück. The team currently plays in the 1. Damen-Basketball-Bundesliga, the highest level of basketball in Germany. The team plays its home games in the S ...

* Herner TC *

Eisvögel USC Freiburg Eisvögel USC Freiburg is a German women's professional basketball team based in Freiburg im Breisgau. As of 2022, the team is the reigning champion of the 1. Damen-Basketball-Bundesliga, the highest level of basketball in Germany. The team ...

* GISA LIONS MBC * BC Pharmaserv Marburg Source
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List of champions

* 1947 TC Jahn 1883 Munich * 1948 TC Jahn 1883 Munich * 1949 TSC Spandau 1880 * 1950 TC Jahn 1883 Munich * 1951 TC Jahn 1883 Munich * 1952 Heidelberger TV 1846 * 1953 Neuköllner SF * 1954 Heidelberger TV 1846 * 1955 Heidelberger TV 1846 * 1956 Heidelberger TV 1846 * 1957 Heidelberger TV 1846 * 1958 Heidelberger TV 1846 * 1959 Heidelberger TV 1846 * 1960 Heidelberger TV 1846 * 1961 TV Augsburg 1847 * 1962

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* 1963 Heidelberger TV 1846 * 1964 TV Augsburg 1847 * 1965 ATV 1877 Düsseldorf * 1966 1. SC 05 Göttingen * 1967 ATV 1877 Düsseldorf * 1968 1. SC 05 Göttingen * 1969

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* 1970 1. SC 05 Göttingen * 1971 1. SC 05 Göttingen * 1972 1. SC 05 Göttingen * 1973

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* 1993 BTV 1846 Wuppertal * 1994 BTV 1846 Wuppertal * 1995 BTV 1846 Wuppertal * 1996 BTV 1846 Wuppertal * 1997 BTV 1846 Wuppertal * 1998 BTV 1846 Wuppertal * 1999 BTV 1846 Wuppertal * 2000 BTV 1846 Wuppertal * 2001 BTV 1846 Wuppertal * 2002 BTV 1846 Wuppertal * 2003 BC Marburg * 2004 TSV 1880 Wasserburg * 2005 TSV 1880 Wasserburg * 2006 TSV 1880 Wasserburg * 2007 TSV 1880 Wasserburg * 2008 TSV 1880 Wasserburg * 2009

* 2010

* 2011 TSV 1880 Wasserburg * 2012

Wolfenbüttel Wildcats Wolfenbüttel Wildcats Baskets was a German women's basketball club from Wolfenbüttel playing in the Bundesliga. It made four appearances in the Ronchetti Cup in the 1990s, and in 2012 it won the national championship for the first time. In ...

* 2013 TSV 1880 Wasserburg * 2014 TSV 1880 Wasserburg * 2015 TSV 1880 Wasserburg * 2016 TSV 1880 Wasserburg * 2017 TSV 1880 Wasserburg * 2018 Rutronik Stars Keltern * 2019 Herner * 2020 Canceled due to
the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany * 2021 Rutronik Stars Keltern * 2022

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References

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